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(No Model) H. HAUG.

WIRE GONBEOTOR. No. 569,713. Patented Oct. 20, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Fricn.

l-IERMAN HAUG, OF NEWARK, NEXV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T 0 CHARLES H. MCINTIRE,OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,713, dated October20, 1896;

Application filed June 10, 1896. $Bria1No. 594,969- No model-3 To all1072,0712, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN HAUG, a citizen of the United States,residing in Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vire- Connectors; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theartto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being badto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my present invention, which is an improvement on theconnector covered by United States Letters Patent No. 557,690, is toprovide a connector for wires of various sizes, and having agreatly-increased bean ing-surface with said wires even before beingtwisted, and to facilitate the operation of twisting.

The invention consists in the improved wire-connector formed with twodepressions arranged opposite each other and extending longitudinallythrough the entire length of the tube, and thus dividing the latter intotwo adjoining and connecting channels of different diameter,substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of in yimproved connector; Fig. 2, an enlarged transverse section through thesame, the wires being inserted; and Fig. 3, a side elevation of acompleted joint.

In said drawings, a represents a metallic strip bent into asubstantially egg-shaped tube, the edges of which strip are bentinwardly and soldered or welded together, and thus forms a depression e,extending longitudinally through the entire length of the tube. Asimilarly-shaped depression (I is arranged on the opposite side of saidtube and divides the latter, in connection with the depression e, intotwo adjoining and connecting channels I) and 0, adapted to receive thewires f and g, respectively. The diameter of each channel corresponds tothe diameter of its re spective wire. The shape of the depressions issuch as to conform to the shape of the wires, as clearly shown in thedrawings. The bearing-surface between the connector and the insertedwires is thus greatly increased, even before being twisted,withoutinterfering with the bearing-surface between the said wires within theconnector.

The United States Letters Patent No. 347,625 illustrates and describes aconnector provided with two depressions, thus dividing the saidconnector into two adjoining but separated channels, whereby thebearing-surface between the wires within the connectors is interferedwith.

United States Letters Patent No. 561,5l38 provided a joint for wires ofdifferent size on account of its peculiar construction, yet thebent-over portions of the strip forming said connector separate thewires within the latter, and should said bent-over portions be madeshorter moisture could easily get into the joint and thus destroy itsconductivity.

The joint covered by United States Letters Patent No. 557,690 does notinterfere with the bearing-surface between the wires, but does notprovide sufficient bearing-surface between the wires and the joint.

\Vith my present connector all said objections are overcome, and besidesit is constructed so as to be applicable for varioussized wires; but itwill be manifest that it could be arranged and used for wires of uniformsize.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A wire-connector consisting of a metal strip bent into the shape oftwo adjoining and connecting channels of diilerent size and circular incross-section, said channels being adapted to receive the wires to bejointed and to be twisted together with said inserted wires,substantially as and for the purposes described.

A connector for electric wires, consisting of a tube provided atopposite sides with 1011gitudinaily-extending depressions, dividhavehereunto set my hand this 2d day of ing said tube into two adjoining andconnect- June, 1896. ing' circular-shaped channels of different size T A7 and adapted to receive the Wires to be con- HERMAL HAUG' 5 nected, andto be twisted together with the \Vitnesses:

said Wires, substantially as described. ALFRED GARTNER,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I FELICITY GARTNER.

